By Pete Putman • Feb 21 2013, 9:20pm

By my count, LG missed three promised deadlines last year for the commercial introduction of its 55-inch OLED-TV set.
Samsung, apparently never happy with the idea of bringing OLED-TVs to market before their time, grudgingly said it, too, would introduce a 55-inch OLED-TV in 2012, but when LG missed its final deadline of the year [...]

By Pete Putman • Feb 19 2013, 12:27am

Despite sitting on a $140-billion Mount Everest of cash, Apple has been the target of slings and arrows from many technical analysts (including yours truly) and financial analysts.
Last week, our friend Jamie Townsend, Managing Partner for Strategy & Research at TownHall Research (www.townhallresearch.com), issued a client newsletter with the headline “Lack of a Phablet [...]

As I stood in the Central Hall of the L.V.
Convention Center, I found myself in front of a scene that made me laugh out loud, and was remindful of the ever increasing spin all around us.
The displays in front of me had signage that heralded "The future of TV" (4K of course) coming soon (2nd qtr.) - and up and to the left was an even bigger sign from a different manufacturer that informed "8K - The future of TV".
We have obsoleted ourselves before we even hit the street.
God bless the Marketing Department.

I wish I could put a finger on it, but I can't.
It has happened with such regularity that it can't be coincidence.
Every time the next new thing comes along...

By Terry Paullin • Feb 5 2013, 3:20pm

Some time ago, maybe three or four years back, I penned the first of the above titled reviews - something about "digital is in/analog is out", I think.
To no one's surprise, things continue to change in our amusing little A/V world and in my opinion (see Column Title) at an ever increasing rate.
Here's an update, as I see it...

By Terry Paullin • Feb 4 2013, 3:15pm

From time-to-time most of us get confronted with an allegation from this direction or that, from one manufacturer or another proclaiming "This changes everything ..." or "Sets a new standard for ..." or "An experience like never before ..." - each hoping to keep our attention just long enough to finish the paragraph.
Lucky me, as a journalist, I get piles of press releases, even from companies who can't spell Home Theatre (...
that IS how you spell Home Theatre, isn't it?) claiming this uber status for their latest and greatest.
Most can be quickly discounted as someone trying to reinvent the wheel and call it "visionary".
The thought that a few of these might actually be something new under the sun can similarly be dispelled with a Google search or two.

But on that odd, rare occasion, the real deal comes along.
This month's column is about one such game changer...